Crisis hits so-called community-led conservation group in northern Kenya. Must rd/share from @mongabay.com @shokes.bsky.social on successful community resistance against NRT: news.mongabay.com/2025/05/cris... @mittaloak.bsky.social @survivalinternational.org

BREAKING - #DRC sentences former prime minister to 10 years of forced labour over corruption occurred during the set up of the agroindustrial park of #BukangaLonzo - a debacle we documented prior to the official investigation by the Inspection of Finances in this report:

⚖️ Un ancien Premier ministre de la RDC a été reconnu coupable de détournements de fonds destinés au développement du parc agro-industriel de Bukanga-Lonzo www.radiookapi.net/2025/05/20/a... @oaklandinstitute.org

#WorldBank is expanding “high-integrity”#carbonmarkets across the Global South. But a closer look behind this push exposes phantom credits, land grabs & exploitation. New on Our Take: Carbon Offsetting: Good for the Climate or Corporate Interests? #FalseClimateSolution #CarbonColonialism

#WorldBank's #LandConf2025 climate rhetoric masks a mining agenda that ignores #Indigenous resistance & tramples their right to say NO to exploitation of their lands. Latest from Our Take: www.oaklandinstitute.org/our-take/wor... @mittaloak.bsky.social @acurrier.bsky.social

The Bank argues that it is necessary to formalize land rights so that local communities can benefit from mining projects. But is the Bank’s agenda really about ensuring fair benefits for the people?

#Worldbank's fresh offensive on land rights EXPOSED in Climatewash. New report reveals how Bank is exploiting the #climatecrisis to push global land grab agenda that benefits corporations at expense of local & Indigenous communities. oaklandinstitute.org/report/clima... @mittaloak.bsky.social

WorldBank confirms cancellation of controversial tourism project in Tanzania, after 2+ years of campaigning led by @oaklandinstitute.org and affected communities💪 Read more in our latest #ObserverSpring25⤵️ tinyurl.com/REGROWProject @mittaloak.bsky.social

#GoodNews: The World Bank has dropped its funding for REGROW, a project in #Tanzania linked to forced evictions, extrajudicial killings and other human rights abuses. Marketed as a conservation effort, it was primarily aimed at boosting tourism. www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1316...

World Bank pledges to review & retrofit all conservation projects to ensure harms caused by #REGROW project are not repeated, in response to courageous advocacy by impacted Tanzanian villagers. @mittaloak.bsky.social

@apnews.com : ‘I bought their dream': How a US company’s huge land deal in Senegal went bust - vital read from Jack Thompson on impact of #AfricanAgriculture’s land grab. apnews.com/article/clim... @mittaloak.bsky.social @grain.org @acurrier.bsky.social